AP exam

An example of parallel structure is found in which of the following lines taken from the passage?

"In either case he renders the real world coherent and meaningful; even if only bits of it, and even if that coherence and meaning reside only inside small texts."

In paragraph 3, in the sentence beginning with "The real world...," the word "there" refers to

"the real world"

In the fifth sentence, "There are many other useful things that might be said to him, but I have come to the end of my article, and can only touch them as I pass," the pronoun "him" refers to

"youthful aspirant"

Which of the given footnotes is a primary source?

4

The footnote that most likely reflects a specific bias is found in

8

Based on a careful reasoning of the first paragraph the reader can conclude that the author blames the death of the "novel of idea" on

Artificiality

Which rhetorical technique does the author employ to focus the reader's attention in the specific topic of the passage?

Beginning each paragraph with the same subject

A critical reader of this passage should ask all of the following questions about footnote 7 except:

How many estimates were actually constructed?

What can the reader infer based upon the sentence found in the middle of paragraph 1 that begins with "I was disappointed..." and ending with "and the housekeeper"?

Teaching was not considered a worthy profession.

The shift in the focus of the piece occurs in which line?

The first sentence of paragraph 3

According to the fourth sentence, the word "axiom" can best be defined as

a rule of thumb

In the sentence beginning with "Wendell Phillips says..." in the middle of paragraph 2, Lucy Stone develops her point using

a syllogism

The reader may infer from the last two sentences that the writer

admires the welfare programs of countries other than the United States

The tone of the passage can best be described as

admiring and hyperbolic

Stone develops her speech using all of the following except:

an ad hominem argument

In terms of her position on her subject, the author can best be categorized as

an advocate

In the seventh sentence, "The danger that he has in mind is rather, I imagine, that of particularizing." The word "rather" establishes

an antithesis

This passage can best be classified as an example of an argument based on

analogy

Also in the middle of the passage is a sentence beginning with "All life belongs..." and ending with "the truth of things." The metaphor, "this heavenly messenger," contained in this sentence refers to

art

Near the end of the third paragraph, Dillard states, "The essayist does what we do with our lives; the essayist thinks about actual things. He can make sense of them analytically or artistically." The most probable reason for the author choosing to write two separate sentences rather than constructing a single, longer sentence using a listing, is

both subjects are of equal importance, although separate processes.

Melville retells the Native American legend of how the island was settled in order to

bring a mythic quality to the subject

The primary rhetorical strategy the author uses to develop the first paragraph is

cause and effect

Another effective means of presenting the statistical material found in this passage would most probably be a(n)

chart or graph

The tone of the passage can best be described as

confident and informative

The primary rhetorical strategy the author uses to develop the second paragraph is

contrast and comparison

In the last two sentences, the author's bias/agenda is most clearly evidenced through

diction and syntax

The overall tone of the passage can best be described as

didactic and exhortative

From the opening of the passage, it is clear that the author's attitude toward the creation of a work of art is

elitist

The most probable reason for repeating and italicizing "There" in the middle of paragraph 4 at the beginning of two main clauses in the same sentence is to

emphasize the sense of placeThis answer is correct.

The speaker's purpose is most probably to

exhort

Melville describes Nantucketers as all of the following except:

exploiters of the Native American claims

The tone of the passage can best be described as

factual

The contrast between the short story writer and the essayist is based on which of the following?

fundamental reality

The purpose of the passage is most probably to

honor the indomitable spirit of the Nantucketers

The subtle humor of the first paragraph is dependent upon

hyperbole

In the second half of the passage, if the student follows the logic and advice of James in the set of sentences beginning with "This freedom is a splendid..." and ending with "the truth of things," that student would have to

ignore James' advice

The tone of the passage can best be described as

indignant and argumentative

According to James, beauty and truth are directly related to

intelligence

In light of the passage, how can the following sentence near the end of the first paragraph best be characterized? "It shall be the business of my life to deepen this disappointment in every woman's heart until she bows down to it no longer."

ironic and paradoxical

Based on a careful reading of the passage, one can assume that the speaker

is disappointed with her female contemporaries

The thesis of the passage is best expressed in

paragraph1, sentence 7 ("In education...")

In the middle of the passage, the sentence "'Enjoy it as it deserves,' I should say to him; 'take possession of it, explore it to its utmost extent, publish it, rejoice in it,'" includes an example of

parallel structure

The first paragraph contains an extended example of

parallel structure

The last sentence of the passage continues the analogy between

sea and land

The controlling analogy of the passage is

sea to land

The development of paragraph 3 is structured around

selection of incremental details

The organizational pattern of the passage is

specific to general

The argument presented in this passage is based on

statistical data

Based on a careful reading of footnote 5, the reader can correctly assume that Winship and Jencks are

students

James draws a distinction between the purpose of the novel and

the mind of the producer

One may conclude from the information contained in paragraph 3 that "Himmalehan, salt-sea Mastedon" refers to

the whale

Melville uses thus twice in this passage: once in the second paragraph to begin the Native American legend about the island being settled. All of the following are reasons for using thus in the first sentence of paragraph 4 except

to reinforce the formality of his presentation

A major hypothesis presented by the speaker is that

women and African Americans are on the same level

According to Henry James, the freest form of art is

writing